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NIH creates nationwide network of molecular libraries screening centers

...an be used as research tools. Small molecules have great potential to help scientists in their efforts to learn more about key biological processes involved in human health and disease. "This tremendous collaborative effort will accelerate our understanding of biology and disease mechanisms," said Elias A...

New lead reported in tumor angiogenesis

...often the case in the world of science, involves a great deal of hard work - and a little luck. Wang said his group began a few years ago studying a secreted protein called hepatocyte growth factor, or HGF, and its role in helping head and neck tumors to turn cancerous. HGF does so, in part, by helping to ...

New technique rapidly detects illness-causing bacteria

...ho is also a co-author of the study. "It would be great if we came up with something that became a standard," Nugen added. Current biosensors rely on a time-consuming technique called gene amplification that requires costly equipment: Technicians take a piece of DNA from a sample and add enzymes that mak...

Crisis in African fish supplies looms, experts warn Africa leaders

...pport capture fisheries Although aquaculture has great growth potential, capture fisheries will continue to provide most of the fish for decades to come. Investments are needed to develop improved fisheries and environmental management practices that promote and protect Africa's small, labour-intensive c...

Leptin-signaling Protein Maintains Normal Body Weight And Energy Balance In Mice

...pport capture fisheries Although aquaculture has great growth potential, capture fisheries will continue to provide most of the fish for decades to come. Investments are needed to develop improved fisheries and environmental management practices that promote and protect Africa's small, labour-intensive c...

Shark skin saves naval industry money

... providing an alternative anti-fouling strategy of great importance. ...

Experts discuss use of human stem cells in ape and monkey brains

... providing an alternative anti-fouling strategy of great importance. ...

Ethical guidelines suggested for research that would put human stem cells in primates

... providing an alternative anti-fouling strategy of great importance. ...

Three deadly parasite genomes sequenced

... providing an alternative anti-fouling strategy of great importance. ...

Researchers at UGA provide first look at protein expression in Chagas disease-causing parasites

... providing an alternative anti-fouling strategy of great importance. ...

Molecular miners find pain relief drugs from the sea

...ve also been found to be largely ineffective. The great potential of ACV1 is that eliminating neuropathic pain is where it works best. BACKGROUND Associate Professor Livett and his colleagues first discovered ACV1 in 2003 while studying the toxins produced in the venom of Conus victoriae, a marine cone ...

Primate virus jumps species barrier to humans for first time in Asia

...s and people who live near the temples also have a great deal of contact with monkeys at the religious sites. "In Asia, the amount of contact between humans and primates in temple settings dwarfs the contact due to bushmeat hunting," says Jones-Engel. For this study, the researchers tested blood samples f...

Team of international scientists departs today to discover the unknown in China's Himalayan region

... Mountains of Southwest China, an extension of the great Himalayan mountain range. "Expedition Everest: Mission Himalayas" is a scientific and cultural journey to explore one of the planet's richest and most biologically diverse regions. The expedition begins today with a month-long exploration in China ...

Marine bacterium suspected to play role in global carbon and nitrogen cycles

...program manager for this research said, "This is a great example of how new approaches to microbial cultivation and cutting-edge molecular techniques can complement one another to achieve big advances in our understanding of the complexity of our global ecosystem." Kane says studies like these continue to ...

New imaging technology shown to detect pancreatic inflammation in type 1 diabetes

... tried in humans with diabetes, and so far showing great promise," said Diane Mathis, Ph.D., who led the study together with Christophe Benoist, M.D., Ph.D., also from Joslin, and Ralph Weissleder, M.D., Ph.D., of MGH. Drs. Mathis and Benoist head Joslin's Section on Immunology and Immunogenetics, hold W...

Otter adaptations: How do otters remain sleek and warm

...xperiences away from the bench. "There are still a great many new things to learn, but some approaches and ideas from one field can be useful in another." ...

Genome Sequence for Haemophilus Influenzae Completed

...xperiences away from the bench. "There are still a great many new things to learn, but some approaches and ideas from one field can be useful in another." ...

UF researchers kill resistant bugs one bandage at a time

...em with gauze is when it absorbs fluid, it forms a great avenue for bacteria and fungus to grow. This treatment actually makes the gauze absorb a little more fluid, (but) it'll keep the wound cleaner because it will keep the bacteria from getting back into the wound." Clinical trials of the coating in gau...

UQ researcher tracking key to healing the brain

...fferent aspects of neuroscience research. "It is great to have so many people working on different aspects of the same problem, creating a unique synergy that is already producing results," he said. ...

Hospitalizations because of chicken pox down dramatically since implementation of vaccine

...y]." "Third, and perhaps most important, there is great uncertainty about the extent to which parents and other adults experienced reductions in lost work time attributable to varicella. As with other childhood and adolescent vaccines that have recently been recommended (e.g., pneumococcal and meningococc...

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